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Clinton hints that she would consider an Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama Ticket - Yeti - 3/5/2008 6:28:30 PM
- Some brainstorming - azstrummer - 3/7/2008 2:20:58 PM
  - I think Obama locks the nomination with a woman. - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 7:45:20 PM
- Is the US ready for that much change? - RobVG - 3/6/2008 12:53:38 AM
- re: Clinton hints that she would consider an Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama Ticket - Hans - 3/5/2008 10:53:57 PM
- The big problem is Bill. - Bowser - 3/5/2008 7:49:09 PM
  - Bill is a problem for you - Buck Galaxy - 3/6/2008 7:43:23 AM
    - I think you're right. - Bowser - 3/6/2008 4:03:46 PM

"Boeing tanker loss leads to anger, disbelief" - a perspective. - Bowser - 3/2/2008 4:29:41 AM
- Globalization v Economic patriotism - Raoul - 3/2/2008 10:00:47 AM
  - Not as many jobs for US citizens if the planes were made in the USA - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 4:46:07 PM
- Citation - Bowser - 3/2/2008 4:31:01 AM

John Howard's Irving Kristol lecture - TB - 3/6/2008 6:14:10 PM
- Too long and blathering, if the start is any indication. - alcaray - 3/6/2008 9:02:09 PM
  - "Can you summarize for me?" No. (n/t) - TB - 3/6/2008 9:56:49 PM
    - Can you tell me what you thought was wonderful? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/6/2008 11:50:43 PM
      - what you thought was wonderful? - Tony - 3/7/2008 4:13:27 PM

Al Gore run for president? - TB - 3/7/2008 6:04:22 AM

Bill GATES Falls to Number 3 in Wealth - carl - 3/6/2008 8:49:22 PM

Do yu think Boeing is happy they moved their HQ to Chicago? - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 9:46:46 PM
- Nope Like a PINBALL MACHINE - carl - 3/6/2008 6:39:09 PM

Clinton looks like she's still in the race - TB - 3/5/2008 5:39:11 AM
- Obama's DRAMA - carl - 3/5/2008 4:47:50 PM
  - I refuse to be in turmoil. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2008 5:19:42 PM
    - OBAMA"S Trauma - carl - 3/5/2008 5:59:55 PM
      - Superdelegates probably won't matter. Let's see how the rest of the race goes. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2008 9:15:30 PM
        
        OBAMA'S MAMA...... - carl - 3/6/2008 6:29:21 PM
      - FOX! - Bowser - 3/5/2008 8:10:03 PM
        
        *chuckle* - Fox - 3/6/2008 1:38:01 AM
- This is good for John McCain - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:04:45 PM
  - Not that simple. - TB - 3/5/2008 3:47:05 PM
    - Don't HAVE A NICKEL Left - carl - 3/5/2008 6:01:24 PM
    - The news cycle at this point isn't that important. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:56:45 PM
- A Huge night for Hillary - Buck Galaxy - 3/5/2008 7:48:53 AM
  - I think you're very right - Eri - 3/6/2008 3:31:15 AM
  - I respect that Buck - Jody - 3/5/2008 4:06:34 PM
    - re: I respect that Buck - Buck Galaxy - 3/6/2008 6:19:23 AM
  - I think the NAFTA double talk did him in. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:07:55 PM
    - P.S. He learned a tough lesson in international diplomacy. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:59:51 PM
      - LOL! We could make him Ambassador to Canada! (n/t) - Eri - 3/6/2008 3:29:39 AM

Plug it in, plug it in - gEaRhead - 3/5/2008 2:23:12 PM
- The Hybrid is - podrock - 3/6/2008 6:03:22 AM
- Dollar savings v. energy savings - Bowser - 3/5/2008 7:59:03 PM
  - re: Dollar savings v. energy savings - TB - 3/6/2008 3:48:08 PM
- re: Plug it in, plug it in - TB - 3/5/2008 4:00:08 PM

Ain't the Democrat Party a hoot? - ER - 3/6/2008 12:33:05 AM

Wild weather hits Europe. - Jacob Samoridin - 3/3/2008 6:07:36 PM
- The Lufthansa Airbus at Hamburg !! - Raoul - 3/3/2008 9:32:46 PM
  - Uhh, Planes don't FLY SIDEWAYS, NO? - carl - 3/5/2008 6:11:04 PM
  - Holy jumping up and down Martha! - Bowser - 3/3/2008 9:55:26 PM
    - Lufthansa doesn't fly the plane, the pilot does - DJL - 3/4/2008 9:24:55 PM
    - I can't believe he didn't abort the landing before he scraped the ground. - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 10:09:58 PM
      - The decision to land would have been made at Lufthansa headquarters. - Bowser - 3/4/2008 6:08:40 AM
        
        Could be... - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 2:14:26 PM
- re: Wild weather hits Europe. - Raoul - 3/3/2008 6:29:55 PM

Bush's endorsement of McCain absolutely delights Dems. - Bowser - 3/5/2008 5:54:38 PM

"Sunni anger at Iraq trial failure" - indicator of state of reconcilliation process. - Bowser - 3/5/2008 4:43:58 PM

A good article on nuclear energy - TB - 3/1/2008 10:32:18 PM
- I've decided that my position on Nuclear power is the same as Barak Obama's (n/t) - Ima Liberal - 3/3/2008 3:25:38 PM
- recycling spent fuel rods - REB - 3/3/2008 3:19:11 PM
- I think we just need to put all the spent fuel rods on the Moon. - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 3:18:07 PM
- Deconstructing a good article on nucular energy - ER - 3/2/2008 8:07:59 PM
  - How do the French, Russians, and others deal with the nuclear waste issue? - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 2:56:01 PM
    - A very good question... - ER - 3/4/2008 4:48:21 PM
      - The transportation issue doesn't bother me as much as the safety/security of the reprocessing facility and waste products. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 2:54:55 PM
      - Balance again. - TB - 3/4/2008 5:34:42 PM
        
        congress has really dropped the ball on nuclear energy. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:00:58 PM
        
        Not just Congress. A lot of people did. (n/t) - TB - 3/5/2008 4:01:28 PM
  - re: Deconstructing a good article - TB - 3/2/2008 11:35:37 PM
    - Notes for another, dull, boring technical article. - ER - 3/3/2008 1:42:08 AM
      - re: Notes for another, dull, boring technical article. - gbaikie - 3/3/2008 9:53:59 AM
        
        Another (technically correct) but criminally misleading gloss. - ER - 3/3/2008 1:45:48 PM
        
        re: Another (technically correct) but criminally misleading gloss. - gbaikie - 3/3/2008 11:58:24 PM
        
        Balance - TB - 3/3/2008 4:20:49 PM
        
        It's not a binary decision. - ER - 3/3/2008 4:32:44 PM
        
        It's not the "cheap way." - TB - 3/3/2008 5:23:19 PM
        
        Bituminous dreams - ER - 3/3/2008 7:20:01 PM
      - Then we'd better get started. - TB - 3/3/2008 2:53:48 AM
        
        It's not the cube that counts - ER - 3/3/2008 3:14:34 AM
        
        Come to think of it, why did Jimmy Carter do it? - ER - 3/4/2008 7:47:11 PM
        
        re: why did Jimmy Carter do it? - TB - 3/4/2008 8:19:25 PM
        
        Good research. Good analysis. Good interpretation. - ER - 3/4/2008 8:40:46 PM

Maybe the worst portent for American society. - Bowser - 2/29/2008 3:35:42 AM
- prisons vs mental institutions - dtb - 2/29/2008 11:12:19 PM
- Link to the report - TB - 2/29/2008 8:11:21 PM
  - re: Link to the report - Hans - 2/29/2008 11:50:20 PM
    - Thanks! - TB - 3/1/2008 4:09:04 AM
  - war on drugs - dtb - 2/29/2008 11:00:55 PM
- Your right but there is an answer - James Brown - 2/29/2008 5:17:40 AM
  - The Netherlands - Raoul - 2/29/2008 7:50:23 PM
    - If drugs are a public health problem - Lee - 2/29/2008 11:41:55 PM
  - It's always about lowering the bar, isn't it? - Lee - 2/29/2008 12:17:58 PM
    - I would think you would support the darwinism of let the drug users kill themselves - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 4:34:22 PM
      - Kinda like drunks kill tens of thousands of innocents every year? - Lee - 2/29/2008 5:37:07 PM
        
        We need to encourage drunks to drink more... - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 6:44:41 PM
    - re: It's always about lowering the bar, isn't it? - James Brown - 2/29/2008 3:36:50 PM
      - re: It's always about lowering the bar, isn't it? - James Brown - 3/5/2008 2:40:50 AM
    - re: The bar should be adjusted. - Vince - 2/29/2008 3:34:24 PM
      - Why make it worse? - Lee - 2/29/2008 5:45:09 PM
        
        re: Why make it worse? - Vince - 2/29/2008 6:00:04 PM
        
        You can't make it any worse. - ER - 2/29/2008 7:36:25 PM
        
        Who are you trying to fool? - Lee - 2/29/2008 9:51:00 PM
        
        You sound like a bible thumping old woman. - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 10:01:05 PM
        
        100 percent of all heroin users started out on milk. (n/t) - ER - 2/29/2008 11:22:12 PM
        
        That's such a lame response, I just have to ask. - Lee - 3/1/2008 1:59:11 AM
        
        We'll let you work with them around heavy machinery. - Lee - 2/29/2008 10:09:26 PM
        
        Somebody has to clean toliets, mow lawns, and be condemed to a life of earning minimum wages. - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 11:00:34 PM
        
        Its just one of the many reasons why I'm for term limits... - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 8:42:14 PM
    - "This country is fast becoming a carbon copy of a very bad Jerry Springer episode. " - Lindy - 2/29/2008 3:22:23 PM

The Dem tactics prevail...even without the GOP! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/5/2008 12:28:49 AM
- re: The Dem tactics prevail...even without the GOP! - James Brown - 3/5/2008 2:23:05 AM

Dana Rohrabacher tells it as it is - James Brown - 3/5/2008 1:43:25 AM
- One of the cases... - James Brown - 3/5/2008 1:55:29 AM

If Obama becomes President - Eri - 3/2/2008 8:16:10 PM
- Yes - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 2:56:56 PM
- A member of a large club - TB - 3/3/2008 12:20:03 AM
  - How much more credence... - Fox - 3/3/2008 1:22:49 AM
    - Because this story is proven fact. - Lee - 3/3/2008 1:42:23 AM
      - The only fact was they were acquaintances - Eri - 3/3/2008 2:45:54 AM
        
        Look closer... - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 3:00:12 PM
        
        What "sweetheart deal"? - alcaray - 3/3/2008 10:40:14 PM
        
        I guess you got to read the whole background on the story... - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 2:24:18 PM
        
        Obama only bought a 10 foot strip of the land next door. - alcaray - 3/4/2008 7:17:49 PM
        
        For what? - Lee - 3/3/2008 4:13:00 AM

What's new in Venezuela - TB - 3/3/2008 6:02:41 AM
- I listened in on my short wave last night... - ER - 3/4/2008 6:22:08 PM
- Interesting... A marxist rebel in a neighboring contry dies and Chaves goes biserk... - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 2:45:58 PM
  - The questyion is, will there be war?.... And will America be sucked in? - Jacob - 3/3/2008 6:12:12 PM
  - Because there are hostages !!!!! - Raoul - 3/3/2008 6:05:49 PM
    - Chavez is angry because a FARC leader was killed. - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 6:42:51 PM
      - By the way, the FARC recieves a good deal of its money from the drug trade. - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 6:52:09 PM
        
        At least, - Raoul - 3/3/2008 8:20:34 PM
  - When things start going south domestically, tyrants tend to look for foreign distractions. (n/t) - ER - 3/3/2008 3:27:08 PM

"An ex-CIA spymaster critiques America's war on Al Qaeda" - Bowser - 3/4/2008 3:11:46 AM
- Once again, painfully obvious you didn't read the whole thing. (n/t) - TB - 3/4/2008 4:07:32 AM
  - When the facts elude you, baffle 'em with BS. - Bowser - 3/4/2008 6:02:24 AM
    - So, what did you think of his opinion on Iraq? - TB - 3/4/2008 5:39:36 PM

OPEC President says he would welcome a CUT IN OUTPUT - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 4:51:16 PM

Today's slice of Americana. - Bowser - 3/4/2008 6:16:15 AM
- Not quite as cheap as the drugs that motivated the shooting. (n/t) - Lee - 3/4/2008 12:27:36 PM
- PS - Bowser - 3/4/2008 6:17:27 AM

Small town family values - ER - 3/3/2008 3:25:07 PM
- re: Small town family values - TB - 3/3/2008 4:09:37 PM
  - Absolutely, she should have known her enemies were ready to use anything against her. (n/t) - ER - 3/3/2008 4:21:14 PM
    - More than that - TB - 3/3/2008 4:47:11 PM
      - That's a little harsh, isn't it? - ER - 3/3/2008 6:54:34 PM
        
        Actually, yes. - TB - 3/3/2008 7:13:03 PM
        
        To be fair, - ER - 3/3/2008 7:57:02 PM
        
        re: To be fair, - TB - 3/4/2008 2:35:30 AM

New Dams under consideration? - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 10:44:40 PM

The Homeland Bombs Somali Town, Civilians Killed - Jack Herer - 3/3/2008 12:59:22 PM
- That would be the well-known AC130 bomber, right? (n/t) - TB - 3/3/2008 4:49:01 PM

Petro companies want to exploit California Oil reserves - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 4:35:31 PM

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